#B9BA7B#B9BA7B

#B9BA7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA7B
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 123)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -10.14, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 33.46, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0271 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.083 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.1420, 46.8629, 25.6132)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA7B #7C7BBA

analogous

#BA9B7B #B9BA7B #99BA7B

triadic

#B9BA7B #7BB9BA #BA7BB9

tetradic

#B9BA7B #7BBA9B #7C7BBA #BA7B99

square

#B9BA7B #7BBA9B #7C7BBA #BA7B99

split-complementary

#B9BA7B #7B99BA #9B7BBA

monochromatic

#7A7B40 #A2A355 #B9BA7B #CECFA3 #E4E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BA7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B9BA7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA7B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA7B	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcea2',
    500: '#b9ba7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba7b;
$custom-light: #cfcea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 31.343,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77317,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA7B

secondary

#BDBCD4

accent

#3BAA3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA7B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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